Below are videos and images of the launch early this morning of the SpaceX Falcon 9 with the Crew Dragon for the Demonstration 1 mission (DM-1). (Will add more videos as they become available). The first stage landed successfully on a platform in the Atlantic. The Dragon is scheduled to dock with the ISS at around 6 am EST Sunday, Feb.3rd. Watch the rendezvous and docking live starting at 3:30 am EST (0830 UTC) on the SpaceX Webcast page.
[ Update: Post-launch briefing:
A second passenger aboard the Crew Dragon enjoys weightlessness:
Earth floats gently in zero gravity pic.twitter.com/XUH3KeDPVe
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 2, 2019
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The complete SpaceX/NASA joint webcast:
The first stage just after landing:
Falcon 9 booster has landed on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship—SpaceX’s 35th successful landing of a rocket booster pic.twitter.com/cDvKpoOwrq
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) March 2, 2019
A preview video of the launch system on the pad:
A video tour of the interior of the interior:
More about the Crew Dragon:
Crew Dragon will deliver about 400 pounds of supplies and equipment to the @Space_Station. Also on board is an anthropomorphic test device, which we call Ripley. pic.twitter.com/FuHewNb4UM
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) March 2, 2019
A view of preparations for the mission:
SpaceX and @NASA have completed thousands of hours of tests, analyses, and reviews in preparation for Crew Dragon’s first test flight to the @space_station pic.twitter.com/JvJqeoLKVy
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) February 28, 2019
An animation of how the Dragon will catch up with the International Space Station:
Crew Dragon will autonomously dock with the @space_station at approximately 6:00 a.m. EST on March 3 pic.twitter.com/znptJuDCY7
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) March 2, 2019
Some screen captures during the countdown and launch:
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